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Geoffrey Burgon Biography (1941-)

Born July 15, 1941; son of Alan Wybert and Ada Vera (maiden name, Isom) Burgon; married Janice Elizabeth Garwood, 1963 (marriage ended); children: one son, one daughter. Addresses: Agent: PRS, 29/33 Berners St., London WIP 4AA, England.; Contact: c/o Chester Music, 8/9 Frith St., London W1V 5TZ, England.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Composer

Famous Works

• WRITINGS
• Television Music
• Miniseries
• Testament of Youth, 1979
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, PBS, 1980
• Brideshead Revisited, PBS, 1982
• "Bleak House," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1985
• Martin Chuzzlewit, PBS, 1994
• (And conductor) Longitude, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
• Ghost Stories for Christmas (also known as Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories for Christmas), BBC, 2000
• Specials
• "The Death of the Heart," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1986
• "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" (also known as "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"), Wonderworks, PBS, 1989
• Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie, CBS, 1991
• Cider with Rosie, PBS, 1998
• Movies
• "The Silver Chair" (also known as "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair"), Wonderworks Family Movie, PBS, 1990
• When Trumpets Fade, HBO, 1998
• Other
• Incidental music, Doctor Who (series), 1975
• As You Like It (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: As You Like It), BBC, 1978
• Soft Targets (also known as Play for Today: Soft Targets),1982
• The Happy Valley, 1986 (some sources cite 1987).
• Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (also known as Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader), 1989
• Robin Hood (also known as The Adventures of Robin Hood, Fox, 1991
• Film Scores
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (also known as Life of Brian),Orion, 1979
• The Dogs of War, United Artists, 1980
• How Many Miles to Babylon?, 1982
• Turtle Diary, Samuel Goldwyn, 1985
• A Foreign Field (also known as We Shall Meet Again), Fingertip Film, 1993
• Stage Music
• Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1986
• Murder in the Cathedral, Theatre at Christ Church, Spitalfields, England, 1987
• Blood Wedding, National Youth Theatre, Bloomsbury, England, 1988
• Other Musical Compositions
• Composer of Hard Times (opera); Acquainted with Night; Alleluia Nativitas; The Calm; Canciones del Alma; The Fire of Heaven; Five Sonnets of John Donne; Four Guitars; Gending; Goldberg's Dream; The Golden Eternity; The Golden Fish; A Hymn to the Creatures; Hymn to Venus; Mass; Requiem; Running Figures; Short Mass; Think on Dreadful Domesday; Six Studies for Solo Cello; Songs, Lamentations,and Praises; Title Divine; The Trials of Prometheus; The World Again; and Worlde's Blisse. Also composer of works on commission from festivals, including those of Bath, Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Southern Cathedrals, Three Choirs, and Camden; composer of works for dance troupes,including Ballet Rambert and London Contemporary Dance Theatre.